NUMBER THEORY

If both 112 and 33 are factors of the number a * 43 * 62 * 1311, what is the smallest possible value of 'a'?
121
3267
363
33
37

Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Divisors; Prime factors
Hard



Find the largest five digit number that is divisible by 7, 10, 15, 21 and 28.
99,840
99,900
99,960
99,990
99,970

Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Test of divisibility
Medium



Anita had to multiply two positive integers. Instead of taking 35 as one of the multipliers, she incorrectly took 53. As a result, the product went up by 540. What is the new product?
1050
540
1440
1520
1590


Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Word Problem
Easy



Let x, y and z be distinct integers. x and y are odd and positive, and z is even and positive. Which one of the following statements cannot be true?
(x - z)2 y is even
(x - z) y2 is odd
(x - z) y is odd
(x - y)2 z is even
(x + y)3 z is even


Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Operations on Odd & Even integers
Medium



When a number is divided by 36, it leaves a remainder of 19. What will be the remainder when the number is divided by 12?
10
7
19
192
None of these


Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Remainders
Medium



The sum of the first 100 natural numbers, 1 to 100 is divisible by ____
2, 4 and 8
2 and 4
2
100
None of these

Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Sum of AP and divisibility
Medium



How many different factors does 48 have, excluding 1 and 48?
12
4
8
10
None of these


Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Number of factors
Medium



1025 - 7 is divisible by _____
2
3
9
Both (2) and (3)


Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Test of divisibility
Easy



Find the G.C.D of 12x2y3z2, 18x3y2z4, and 24xy4z3
6xy2z2
6x3y4z3
24xy2z2
24xy3z2
18x2y2z3


Correct answer
Explanatory answer
HCF or GCD
Medium



What is the value of M and N respectively? If M39048458N is divisible by 8 & 11; where M & N take integer values from 0 to 9, inclusive?
M = 7; N = 8
M = 8; N = 6
M = 6; N = 4
M = 5; N = 4
M = 4; N = 6


Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Test of divisibility
Medium



48 students have to be seated such that each row has the same number of students as the others. If at least 3 students are to be seated per row and at least 2 rows have to be there, how many arrangements are possible?
4
10
8
7
6


Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Counting Methods
Medium



If two fractions, each of which has a value between 0 and 1, are multiplied together, the product will be ___
always greater than either of the original fractions
always less than either of the original fractions
sometimes greater and sometimes less than either of the original fractions
remains the same
never less than either of the original fractions




Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Properties of fractions
Easy
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Three Vice Presidents (VP) regularly visit the plant on different days. Due to labour unrest, VP (HR) regularly visits the plant after a gap of 2 days. VP (Operations) regularly visits the plant after a gap of 3 days. VP (sales) regularly visits the plant after a gap of 5 days. The VPs do not deviate from their individual schedules. CEO of the company meets the VPs when all the three VPs come to the plant together. CEO is on leave from January 5th to January 28th, 2012. Last time the CEO met the VPs on January 3, 2012. When is the next time the CEO will meet all the VPs?
February 6, 2012
February 7, 2012
February 8, 2012
February 9, 2012
None of the above




Correct answer
Explanatory answer
LCM & Common Multiples
Moderate
XAT 2012



How many divisors does 7200 have?
20
4
54
32


Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Number of factors
Moderate



What is the highest power of 7 that will divide 5000! without leaving a remainder? (5000! means factorial 5000)
4998
714
832
816


Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Factorial
Moderate



'a' and 'b' are the lengths of the base and height of a right angled triangle whose hypotenuse is 'h'. If the values of 'a' and 'b' are positive integers, which of the following cannot be a value of the square of the hypotenuse?
13
23
37
41


Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Properties of perfect squares
Easy



If x, y, z are chosen from the three numbers, -3, and 2, what is the largest possible value of the expression z2?

16
24
36
54

Correct answer
Explanatory answer
Number Properties
Easy
TANCET 2008



If ( 0.004 * 10a )( 0.32 * 10b ) = 128 * 103, a + b = ?

3
5
6
8
-2

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1.Universal truth
2.Analyzed truth
3.Something which can be verified- abstract things cannot be verified
4.Something which has transpired.

JUDGEMENT
1.Abstract description is a judgment
2.Futuristic prediction.
3.Phrases are judgments.

INFERENCE.
1.For abstract description cause is given
2.reporting of any event is inference.
3.Anything transpiring is inference.
4.So, Thus, therefore characterize some cause but not 100%.

These are some basic rules to check which statement is a fact, inference or a judgment.
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A merchant is someone who works in or owns a retail business and sells goods. In Paris you can stroll from merchant to merchant, buying a loaf of bread in one shop and a wedge of cheese in another.

The noun merchant has its Latin roots in the word merchari, meaning to trade. Other words from the same root include "market," "merchandise," and "mercantile." In some areas, independent merchants have banded together to combine advertising dollars and compete against malls and big box stores. You should ask your neighborhood book merchant if they've considered joining a group like this.

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When you give counsel or counsel someone, you give advice. If your neighbor is suing you because your dog keeps eating his begonias, you might seek the counsel of a dog trainer or, if that doesn't work, a lawyer.

council / counsel

A council is meeting for discussion or advice, but to counsel is a verb meaning to give advice. They sound exactly the same, but the language council met and decided to counsel you on how to keep them straight.   Continue reading...

You can get professional counsel — from a minister or psychiatrist or someone else trained in counseling — or you can get counsel from anyone you trust. You can ask your stylish friend to counsel you on your hairstyle, or you could write to Dear Abby for counsel on your lovelife. Counsel is also what you call a lawyer who represents you in court. In your begonia-eating dog case, your lawyer would be counsel for the defense.

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An admiral is the commander of a fleet. In the navy, admiral is one of the highest ranks.

The military is full of rankings, such as captain, private, major, and corporal. Another is admiral, a ranking specific to the navy. While a captain is in charge of one ship, an admiral leads more than one ship: a bunch of ships, which are called a fleet. There are also a few different types of admirals, such as full admiral and vice admiral. Similarly, Battlestar Galactica's Commander Adama becomes Admiral Adama as a result of leading more than one ship.

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A phobia is an intense and irrational fear of something. If seeing a spider makes you scream and jump on top of a table, then you might suffer from a phobia.

The thing to remember about phobia is that it describes an irrational fear. If you're afraid of a black widow spider, for example, that's not a phobia — it's just smart, because the spider is poisonous. If you're afraid of all spiders, however, and the sight of a harmless daddy long legs spider has you shaking in terror, then you may have a phobia. In this case, it's a phobia because your reaction is irrational.

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A synapse is the tiny gap across which a nerve cell, or neuron, can send an impulse to another neuron. When all your synapses are firing, you're focused and your mind feels electric.

Synapse is not an old word. It was coined in an 1897 physiology textbook, from the Greek sun- "together" + haptein "join" — it's the space across which nerve cells can "join together" to communicate from one cell to the next or from a neuron to a muscle. When a chemical or electrical impulse makes that tiny leap across one of your synapses, which you have throughout your nervous system, your body can do what your brain tells it to do
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WORD QUIZ

1. Click the best definition of Parody:

1. Prediction
2. Spoof
3. Answer
4. Essay

2 Click the best definition of Indigenous:

1. Protected
2. Native
3. Historic
4. Hollow

3. Click the best definition of Inference:

1. Argument
2. Conclusion
3. Stress
4. Signa

4 Click the best definition of Peer:

1. Competitor
2. Twin
3. Prejudice
4. Equal

5 Click the best definition of Facade:

1. Roof
2. Window
3. Interior
4. Front

6. Click the best definition of Facile:

1. Clean
2. Humorous
3. Easy
4. Cheerful

7. Click the best definition of Indignant:

1. Successful
2. Jealous
3. Angry
4. Tired

8. Click the best definition of Fatuous:

Sinister
Emotionless
Enough
Ridiculous

9. Click the best definition of Farrago:

1. Lecture
2. Assortment
3. Tantrum
4. Crisis

10. Click the best definition of Pathetic:

1. Awesome
2. Tropical
3. Agreeable
4. Pitiful

1. Parody: Spoof (Easier)
2. Indigenous: Native (Medium)
3. Inference: Conclusion (Medium)
4. Peer: Equal (Easier) Your Answer: Competitor
5. Facade: Front (Harder)
6. Facile: Easy (Harder)
7. Indignant: Angry (Medium)
8. Fatuous: Ridiculous (Harder)
9. Farrago: Assortment (Hardest) Your Answer: Tantrum
10. Pathetic: Pitiful (Easier)

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empathy
caveat
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diversity
bona fide
insidious
marriage
metaphor
pretentious
hypocrite

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4. Their latest theory aims to integrate the seemingly ____ elements of twenty years of research to form a coherent whole.

A. relevant 
B. sporadic 
C. incessant 
D. disparate 
E. discrete 
F. extensive

5. Svensson's ____ in his work earned him few friends: his colleagues probably thought that he would be unwilling to overlook their foibles.

A. xenophobia 
B. mendacity 
C. meticulousness 
D. intuition 
E. punctiliousness 
F. prevarication

6. Icons would be well-advised to write their own memoirs; there are too many ____ writers out there who forego accuracy to pander to the preconceptions of the market.

A. creative 
B. lackluster 
C. hackneyed 
D. sycophantic 
E. fawning 
F. best-selling

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A. superficial 
B. profound 
C. lightweight 
D. lucid 
E. verbose 
F. uncompromising

2. Far from being an innocent prank, their action is a ____ attempt to spoil my reputation.

A. malicious 
B. salubrious 
C. naive 
D. saturnine 
E. innocuous 
F. callous

3. Although his findings were initially greeted with ____ , the unlikely hero was finally vindicated when the French Academy acknowledged his work.

A. derision 
B. accolades 
C. commendations 
D. sympathy 
E. jubilation 
F. incredulity

"Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, teachers." 
― Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

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i knew we were right, Neil Simon thought to himself as the steward
brought him a glass of Cardhu single malt.
A. Simon, the Director in charge of international franchise operations
at Smith & Robin, a $8-billion marquee garment retailer, had arrived
in India exactly seven days back with mixed feelings.
B. The whiskey felt good after a week when he was allowed to drink
nothing but champagne by his hosts in India.
C. Simon signaled to the steward that hed like a refill he planned to
take his time over the second one and thought about the week that had
been.
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company decided to abandon its twenty-year-old strategy of expanding
geographically through owned outlets as against franchised ones but he
knew the India trip was one of those things that could make or break
his
career.

1] ABCDE 2] CDAEB 3] ECBDA 4] BDCAE

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Whats a jarwal?
B. The jarwal stared at her malevolently; saliva dripping from its
gaping jaws, making its fearsome teeth glistens in the harsh winter
sunlight.
C. I dont know.
D. A bit like in Alien, only more like the maggot.
E. Something fierce and nasty.
F. A huge maggot-like beastie with a ferocious temper and huge teeth.

1] ACEBDF 2] AECBDE 2] BACEDF 4] BACEFD

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They soon learnt the sad inadequacy of bow and arrow and examples of
successful resistance are rare.
B. They were too close to the main communications between North and South
C. Over the centuries the fringes of tribal territory have steadily receded.
D. On their western extremities in Maharashtra and Rajasthan the Bhil
people still occasionally waylay travelers though they are now largely
settled and Hinduised.
E. The sensitive, good-natured and gentle tribals were no match for
the crusading incursions of Rajputs, Muslims and Marathas.

1) DCAEB 2) CEADB 3) CAEDB 4) CBDEA

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A) And this because it doesnt want to be dubbed a spoilsport in the region.
(B) If you stop griming and bearing it, you would be declared a loser,
says a source, throwing up his hands in absolute exasperation.
(C) There are many takers for this line of argument.
(D) But, ironically, say many government sources, the very political
class that lambastes Pakistan for sponsoring
terrorism is shying away from matching its rhetoric with act.
(E) It is like being in a popularity contest.
(1) DCAEB (2) ADAEB (3) CBADE (4) EBCDA


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A) Malignancies were diagnosed in three family members on the basis of
this abnormality and then surgically removed.
B) It appears to be the first instance in which this specific
abnormality - in this case an exchange of material between the
chromosomes number three and eight in all cells of the person's body -
has been traced from generation to generation and thus permitted
identification of cancer patients before they had any symptoms.
C) An inherited genetic abnormality has been linked to a specific type
of kidney cancer in a family in which ten members were affected over
three generations.
D) The discovery by scientists at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, USA,
provides a
potentially important clue to the origin of at least some cancers.

1) DCAB 2) CBDA 3) ABCD 4) DABC

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Demand for water could rise by 55 percent, increasing __________ for
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by a further 10 percent.

a. Competition; frustration; demarcation;
b. Deteriorate; decline; extinct;

Question 2
The carbon dioxide ______ already is so large, and its lifetime in the
atmosphere is so long, that even a _______ to completely carbon-free
electricity couldn't stop temperatures from rising over the next 100
years.
a. Generation; reduction; burden
b. freeze; switch; amelioration

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A. Reporting is all about back breaking work, long and very irregular
hours and work pressure.
B. Most reporters join the profession with a dream of changing the world.
C. The truth is that reporters are usually passionate about their work
and get their kicks from D. almost non-stop excitement and, of course,
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F. and you wonder, why?
A) ACBDEF B) ABDEFC C) BDAEFC D) BADCEF

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1. The world population Day has come and gone, accompanied by the
usual hysteria and Malthusian prophesies: A billion strong and so
little to go around.
A. True, many Indians are barred by circumstances of birth and socio-
economic position from realizing their full potential.
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C. Fact is, India has abundant resources: it is the skewed
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1. Oil spills that contaminate the soil around petrol stations could
soon be cleaned up more easily using sound waves.
A. Researchers have been trying out sound waves to break up the
droplets containing these heavier fractions so they can be washed out.
B. The longer, heavier hydrocarbons often stay trapped in large
droplets between the grains of the soil
C. Techniques that clean the soil in situ tend to remove only the
shorter hydrocarbon chains which are more soluble in ground water
D. At the moment, the dirty soil must be dug up and replaced.
6. Initial results show that this may provide an effective solution to
the problem

DCBA 2.BACD 3. DCAB 4.BADC

A. A good budget is one which makes a sincere attempt to change the
policy environment.
B. Government finances are terminally impaired with uncontrollable
fiscal deficits
C. There are big gaps in perception and capability of managers
D. Industry too is not ready to deliver growth, should even the
government pursue the right policies.
E. The current reforms pace is too slow.
F. The fiscal deficit has deteriorated

A)ABCDEF B)BADCEF C)FEDCBA D)EABCDF

1 The free market often seems better at recognizing and promoting
leaders than large organizations.
A. most of the job growth in the US this decade has come from small
companies, according to cognetics, a research organization.
B. Bill gates and Howard Schlitz stand out as heroes at a time when
blue chips seem to be losing ground to entrepreneurial companies.
C. executives of some large corporations, trying to recapture some of
that dynamism, know that their staffs must become more entrepreneurial
so that future leader can be spotted early and supported
D. a theory called emergent leadership, which introduces some of the
dynamics of the free market system to corporate management, may help
6.it tries to eliminate the office politics and an uneven power
distribution that can distort corporate operation.

a)CDAB b)ABCD c)DBAC d)BACD

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A. Truth was an automatic hereditary property of theoremhood.

B. Mathematical statements in such systems are patterns made up of
arbitrary symbols.

C. The beauty of a mechanistic vision of mathematics was that it
eliminated all need for thought or judgement.

D. As long as the axioms were true statements falsehoods simply could
never creep in.



a. ACDB
b. CDAB
c. BCAD
d. DABC


To appreciate Gödel's theorem, it is crucial to understand how
mathematics was perceived at the time. After many centuries of being a
typically sloppy human mishmash in which vague intuitions and precise
logic coexisted on equal terms, mathematics at the end of the 19th
century was finally being shaped up. So-called formal systems were
devised (the prime example being Russell and Whitehead's Principia
Mathematica) in which theorems, following strict rules of inference,
sprout from axioms like limbs from a tree. This process of theorem
sprouting had to start somewhere, and that is where the axioms came
in: they were the primordial seeds, the Ur-theorems from which all
others sprang.

The beauty of this mechanistic vision of mathematics was that it
eliminated all need for thought or judgment. As long as the axioms
were true statements and as long as the rules of inference were truth
preserving, mathematics could not be derailed; falsehoods simply could
never creep in. Truth was an automatic hereditary property of
theoremhood.

The set of symbols in which statements in formal systems were written
generally included, for the sake of clarity, standard numerals, plus
signs, parentheses and so forth, but they were not a necessary
feature; statements could equally well be built out of icons
representing plums, bananas, apples and oranges, or any utterly
arbitrary set of chicken scratches, as long as a given chicken scratch
always turned up in the proper places and only in such proper places.
Mathematical statements in such systems were, it then became ap


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The rhetorical term oxymoron, made up of two Greek words meaning
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As you probably remember from school, an oxymoron is a compressed
paradox: a figure of speech in which seemingly contradictory terms
appear side by side. British writer Thomas Gibbons characterized the
figure as "sense in the masquerade of folly."

The oxymoron has also been called "the show-off" figure, one that
gives voice to life's inherent conflicts and incongruities.

"The true beauty of oxymorons," says Richard Watson Todd, "is that,
unless we sit back and really think, we happily accept them as normal
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It was an open secret that the company had used a paid volunteer to
test the plastic glasses. Although they were made using liquid gas
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more expensive brand, the volunteer thought that they were pretty ugly
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1. capabilities:
A) (makes pretty)
B) upset her
C) fakeness
D) abilities
E) supported

2. consecutive:
A) compressed-air brush
B) picking
C) eyes looking down
D) the money
E) in-a-row

3. consummate:
A) possibilities
B) college
C) went back on
D) perfect/complete
E) criticized/insulted

4. meticulous:
A) fancy (store)
B) group is/family is
C) friendly
D) (important/beautiful/difficult things)
E) careful/very clean

5. regional:
A) begged
B) glorified
C) unbroken/unpenetrated
D) (woman who can't have children)
E) (related to a large area)

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#Vocab Mix
1 He even donates a poinsettia for the garden when we're ready to plant.

In this sentence, donates means:
waters
bestow
admires
locates

2
The wigwam these people were living in was not half covered: both wind
and rain passed through it.

In this sentence, wigwam means:
fort
hut
camp
igloo

3

extravagant means :
completely clear and finelacking in strength
or firmness
or resilienceproceeding in small stagesrecklessly
wasteful

4

With this pestilent infection our people were much discouraged, and
many of them died, the survivors being in great trouble and
perplexity.

In this sentence, pestilent means:

astringent
epidemic
nauseating
nondescript

5
Superstition is as ________ in this city's personality as the legends
of voodoo hexes and the omnipresent religious icons.

ingrained
remunerative
nebulous
corpulent

Dynasties in India

Dynasty/King Capital

Cholas Thanjavur and Gangaikonda Cholapuram
Mauryan Patliputra
Pallavas Kanchi
Pandyas Madurai
Chalukyas Vatapi or Badami
Later Chalukyas Kalyani
Kakatiyas Warangal
Satvahanas Pratisthana (modern day Paithan in Maharashtra)
Bahmani Gulbarga (Ahsanabad) and later Bidar (Muhammadabad)
Shivaji Raigarh
Tipu Sultan Srirengapatnam
Ranjit Singh Lahore

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Dynasty Founder Last King/Last Great Ruler

Nanda Mahapadma or Ugrasena Dhana Nanda
Maurya Chandragupta Maurya Brihadratha
Gupta Chandragupta I Skandagupta (last great ruler)
Sunga Pushyamitra Devbhumi(last great ruler)
Satvahana Simuka Yajna Satkarni(last great ruler)
Chalukya (of Vatapi) Pulakesin I Kirtivarman Chalukya
Chola Vijayalaya Athirajendra
Rashtrakuta Danti Durga Indra IV
Slave Qutubuddin Aibak Muizuddin Qaiqabad
Khilji Jalal­ud­din Khusro Khan
hlak Ghias­ud­din Feroz Shah
Lodhi Bahlol Ibrahim
Moghul Babur Bahadur Shah II

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Temples Associated Dynasty Location
Khajuraho Bundelas or Chandelas Chattarpur, M.P.
Kailash temples Rashtrakutas Ellora, Maharashtra
Thousand Pillared Temple Kakatiyas Warangal(AP)
Ramappa Temple Kakatiyas Warangal(AP)
Brihadeswara Temple Cholas Tanjavur, Tamilnadu
Seven Ratha temple Pallavas Mahabalipuram, Tamilnadu
Kailashnath temple Pallavas Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu
Shore temple Pallavas Mahabalipuram, Tamilnadu
Dilwara temple Solankies Mt Abu, Rajasthan
Hazara temple Vijayanagar Hampi, Karnataka

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BRITISH RULE - IMPORTANT YEARS

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Year Importance
1857 First war of Indian independence also called the Sepoy Mutiny by
the British.
1885 Formation of Indian NationalCongress.
1905 Partition of Bengal, SwadeshiMovement
1909 Minto Morley reforms
1911 Shifting of capitalfrom Calcutta to Delhi.
1919 Government of India Act, 1919, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh tragedy.
1920 Khilafat movement.
1922 ChauriChaura outrage in UP.
1928 Visit of Simon Commission to India, Death of Lala Lajpat Rai
1929 Resolution of complete independence at Lahore session of Indian
NationalCongress.
1930 DandiMarch, Launch of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
1931 GandhiIrwin pact, execution of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru
1935 Government of India Act
1942 Quit India movement, Formation of Azad Hind Fauz.
1943 Visit of Cripps Commission to India.
1946 British Cabinet mission visited India

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1. The young intern did not have the _______________ needed
to sway the committee
towards agreement.

(A) levigate
(B) leverage
(C) mithridate
(D) ullage
(E) ohmage
(F) influence

2. The useless clauses in last year's vendor contract were
_______________ by new,
more stringent legal arrangements made between the global entities.
(A) ratified
(B) standardized
(C) superseded
(D) outmoded
(E) commended
(F) facilitated



3. Having several seasoned subject-matter experts on the
advisory board became a (n)
____ to the newly-formed S-Corporation.
(A) commodity
(B) liability
(C) aperture
(D) advantage
(E) vacuity
(F) ignominity

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1. Who is the 42nd Chief Justice of India
A. Justice M. L. Sindhu
B. Justice H.L. Dattu
C. Justice A.K. Upadhyay
D. Justice R.K. Anthony

2. New Chief Minister of the TAMILNADU
A. Mr. Anna
B. Mr. RamaSwamy
C. Mr Panneerslevam
D. Mr. Mutuswamy


3

What is the Current CRR Rate?
A. 5%
B. 8%
C. 4%
D. 9%

9b

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6. Visibility was greatly (i) ________ by the thick fog. A
car's lights suddenly (ii) ______ in
front of us, and I (iii) _______ braced myself as our driver slammed
on the brakes.

Blank (i) enhanced, reduced, augmented
Blank (ii) speckled, loomed, receded
Blank (ii) instinctively, lethargically, indolently


7. In the absence of a (i) _______ effort to protect our
environment, the future of the human
race is bleak. Already, many of the elements essential to supporting
life, such as our air and our
water, are being (ii) ________. We cannot remain (iii) ________
regarding this issue.

Blank (i) enervated, irresolute, concerted
Blank (ii) compromised, distracted, conceded
Blank (iii) engrossed, apathetic, candid


8. The troops fired a (i) __________ of bullets at the enemy
while the rescue team tried (ii)
________ to reach the wounded. Unfortunately, their efforts proved
(iii) ________.

Blank (i) barricade, barrage, bastion
Blank (ii) fastidiously, cogently, feverishly
Blank (iii) successful, effective, futile

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3. Because of all his tattoos and piercings, he was often
regarded as nothing but an illiterate
(i) _________ by those who did not know him. Those who knew him
disagreed with this (ii)
________. They described him as a person of great (iii) ________.

Blank (i) savant, conformist, rebel
Blank (ii) assessment, achievement, parody
Blank (iii) inanity, acumen, idiocy


4. It is my recommendation that the (i) _________ skier
purchase equipment that is
adequate, but inexpensive. A larger investment can be made once a
certain skill level is (ii)
_________. Regardless of the skill level, however, the purchase and
wearing of a well-
constructed helmet is (iii) ________ for your protection.

Blank (i) advanced, novice, superior
Blank (ii) atoned, derived, attained
Blank (iii) essential, superfluous, redundant


5. Amanda was (i) ________ when she spied her ex-boyfriend
walking arm-in-arm with
another woman and (ii) ________ turned the corner to avoid meeting
them face-to-face. As she
did so, she tripped and lay (iii) _________ on the pavement, from
which position she was forced
to acknowledge the couple's greeting.

Blank (i) elated, indifferent, distraught
Blank (ii) languidly, abruptly, voraciously
Blank (iii) akimbo, sprawled, strewn

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A

Quiz: For each difficult word or phrase,mark the correct definition.

1. scorned:
A) rejected
B) (something that goes against or disagrees with something else)
C) (the definite end of something)
D) (very different way of doing things)
E) (had power taken away)

2. preposterously:
A) ridiculously
B) shows off
C) teased in a mean way
D) silent
E) (stressful event)

3. portraying:
A) (huge and amazing display of things)
B) have given
C) making me feel better
D) showing/representing
E) (related to female sexual obsession)

4. untrammeled:
A) disliked
B) been made better
C) hell/hot oven
D) free-flowing
E) true and positive statement

5. libido:
A) be cleared of mistakes
B) worked hard for
C) sex drive
D) hide it
E) fishes



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B

Matching: For each difficult word or phrase, write the number of the
matching definition.

Difficult word or phraseDefinition
_____portraying 1: rejected
_____libido 2: ridiculously
_____scorned 3: showing/representing
_____preposterously 4: free-flowing
_____untrammeled 5: sex drive


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KEY

A

Matching: For each difficult word or phrase, write the number of the
matching definition.

1. scorned:
A) stare
B) mind doctors
C) liked
D) (strictly following religious or social rules)
E) ==> rejected

2. preposterously:
A) stick out
B) relaxing smile
C) bolder and ruder
D) helped the development of
E) ==> ridiculously

3. portraying:
A) use up/pay out:
B) ==> showing/representing
C) of the day
D) stops/interferes with
E) looks like

4. untrammeled:
A) forcing (on people) limits
B) unnecessary
C) (very similar thing)
D) ==> free-flowing
E) (fighting force/bad feelings)

5. libido:
A) ==> sex drive
B) educational
C) to poorly perform/(to make a mistake)
D) breathing
E) (women who fought for women's voting rights)

B

Difficult word or phraseDefinition
1_____scorned 1: rejected
4_____untrammeled 2: ridiculously
3_____portraying 3: showing/representing
5_____libido 4: free-flowing
2_____preposterously 5: sex drive


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PJ

A Campus feminists are reimporting selective portions of a traditional
sexual code that they have long scorned, in the name of ending what
they preposterously call an epidemic of campus rape.


B It is impossible to overstate the growing weirdness of the college sex scene.


C They are demanding that college administrators write highly
technical rules for sex and aggressively enforce them, 50 years after
the proponents of sexual liberation insisted that college adults stop
policing student sexual behavior.

D They are once again making males the guardians of female safety and
are portraying females as fainting, helpless victims of the
untrammeled male libido.


1) BACD 2) DCAB 3 ) ABDC 4) BADC


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Key Words


sex/sexual,

college /campus


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OA - BADC

STRATEGY -

DC occurs 3 times in the option . thus there is a good chance we can eliminate 1

B occurs as starter in 2 options . Good chance B is the starter.

B > A after reading for starter position

So down to 1 and 4

D are the symptoms

C - is the suggested remedy

Hence (4) BADC


It is impossible to overstate the growing weirdness of the college sex scene.

Campus feminists are reimporting selective portions of a traditional
sexual code that they have long scorned, in the name of ending what
they preposterously call an epidemic of campus rape.

They are once again making males the guardians of female safety and
are portraying females as fainting, helpless victims of the
untrammeled male libido.

They are demanding that college administrators write highly technical
rules for sex and aggressively enforce them, 50 years after the
proponents of sexual liberation insisted that college adults stop
policing student sexual behavior.

Major Words - (recapitulation)
scorned rejected
preposterously ridiculously
portraying showing/representing
untrammeled free-flowing
libido sex drive

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D

Difficult Terms

campus feminists -

Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at
defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic,
cultural, and social rights for women.This includes seeking to
establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. A
feminist advocates or supports the rights and equality of women.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism

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DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF PASSAGE

On a Scale of 100 ( 100 = Toughest )

69

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MAIN SOURCE

It is impossible to overstate the growing weirdness of the college sex
scene. Campus feminists are reimporting selective portions of a
traditional sexual code that they have long scorned, in the name of
ending what they preposterously call an epidemic of campus rape. They
are once again making males the guardians of female safety and are
portraying females as fainting, helpless victims of the untrammeled
male libido. They are demanding that college administrators write
highly technical rules for sex and aggressively enforce them, 50 years
after the proponents of sexual liberation insisted that college adults
stop policing student sexual behavior. While the campus feminists are
not yet calling for an assistant dean to be present at their drunken
couplings, they have created the next best thing: the opportunity to
replay every grope and caress before a tribunal of voyeuristic
administrators.

The ultimate result of the feminists' crusade may be the same as if
they were explicitly calling for a return to sexual modesty: a sharp
decrease in casual, drunken sex. There is no downside to this
development.

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SOURCE LINK

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/neo-victorianism-campus_810871.html?nopager=1

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